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8/16/04 4:08:30 PM
Indiana health officials say no new cases of Hepatitis A have been linked to an ill fast-food restaurant worker at Wendy’s located in Marion, north of Indianapolis.
A warning prompted nearly 6,000 people to receive immunization shots more than two weeks ago.
The state Health Department offered the shots after an employee at a Wendy’s restaurant tested positive for the liver disease.
Health officials say no other employees or customers who ate at the restaurant have yet to show signs of hepatitis, but because of the incubation period of the disease, some cases may yet appear.
Wendy’s officials say customers have been returning to the restaurant.
The ill employee spent only a short time in the hospital and plans to return to work after his recovery period.